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Gérard Diffloth is a retired Austro-Asiatic Languages
Austro-Asiatic languages

The Austro-Asiatic languages are a large language family of Southeast Asia, and also scattered throughout India and Bangladesh. The name comes from the Latin word for "south" and the Greek language name of Asia, hence "South Asia." Among these languages, only Vietnamese language, Khmer language, and Mon language have a long established record...
 professor, formerly of the University of Chicago
University of Chicago

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, Chicago, Illinois, and Cornell University
Cornell University

Cornell University located in Ithaca, New York, USA, is a private university with four Statutory college. Its two medical campuses are in New York City and Education City, Qatar....
, Ithaca, New York
Ithaca, New York

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. He received his Ph.D. from UCLA, after a dissertation on the Irula language.

Diffloth is known for his widely cited 1974 and 2005 Austro-Asiatic languages' classifications.

He is a Consulting Editor of the Mon-Khmer Studies Journal.








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Gérard Diffloth is a retired Austro-Asiatic Languages
Austro-Asiatic languages

The Austro-Asiatic languages are a large language family of Southeast Asia, and also scattered throughout India and Bangladesh. The name comes from the Latin word for "south" and the Greek language name of Asia, hence "South Asia." Among these languages, only Vietnamese language, Khmer language, and Mon language have a long established record...
 professor, formerly of the University of Chicago
University of Chicago

The University of Chicago is a private university located principally in the Hyde Park, Chicago neighborhood of Chicago. Although an older university by the same name existed prior to its founding, the modern University of Chicago credits its founding to the oil magnate John D....
, Chicago, Illinois, and Cornell University
Cornell University

Cornell University located in Ithaca, New York, USA, is a private university with four Statutory college. Its two medical campuses are in New York City and Education City, Qatar....
, Ithaca, New York
Ithaca, New York

The City of Ithaca sits on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake, in Central New York New York State, USA. It is best known for being home to Cornell University ? an Ivy League school with almost 20,000 students ....
. He received his Ph.D. from UCLA, after a dissertation on the Irula language.

Diffloth is known for his widely cited 1974 and 2005 Austro-Asiatic languages' classifications.

He is a Consulting Editor of the Mon-Khmer Studies Journal.

Partial bibliography

  • Diffloth, Gérard, and Dennis, John Value. Socio-Cultural Matters in the Upland Watersheds of Southern Laos: A Personal Report. 1999.
  • Diffloth, Gérard. The Ethnic Situation in the Central Highlands. 1998.
  • Diffloth, Gérard. Report to Halcrow. 1995.
  • Diffloth, Gérard. A History of the Khmer Language. [199-].
  • Diffloth, Gérard. The Dvaravati Old Mon Language and Nyah Kur. Monic language studies, vol. 1. Bangkok, Thailand: Chulalongkorn University Print. House, 1984. ISBN 9745637831
  • Diffloth, Gérard. The Wa languages. Berkeley : Dept. of Linguistics, University of California, 1980.
  • Diffloth, Gérard. An Appraisal of Benedict's Views on Austroasiatic and Austro-Thai Relations. Kyoto: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, 1976.
  • Diffloth, Gérard, and Zide, Norman H. Austroasiatic Number Systems. 1976.
  • Diffloth, Gérard. Proto-Mon-Khmer Final Spirants. Kyoto: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, 1976.
  • Diffloth, Gérard. The Irula Language, a Close Relative of Tamil. Thesis--University of California, Los Angeles, 1968.